Perils of the Future: A Discussion of Marx’s Secularization Thesis

As both a journalist and a philosopher, Karl Marx had one eye on the present and the other on the future. This dual concern is particularly clear in On the Jewish Question, where Marx persons his theory of secularization. In this article, I claim that his account of political secularization is far m...

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Main Author: Clava Brodsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology 2014-07-01
Series:Future Human Image
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Online Access:http://www.fhijournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8.pdf
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Summary:As both a journalist and a philosopher, Karl Marx had one eye on the present and the other on the future. This dual concern is particularly clear in On the Jewish Question, where Marx persons his theory of secularization. In this article, I claim that his account of political secularization is far more convincing; while his account of human emancipation – his wish for the future – rests on a thin reading of human rights.
ISSN:2311-8822
2519-2604